Last year, I had so much fun with the 12 Days Of Christmas series. I love creating and cooking, especially around the holidays. Another 12 days series isn't in the cards for this year, things are busy and I'm lucky to get a blog post up these days, it's just a busy season around here. I wanted to share some of my favorite projects from around the blog. You can find links to them and a short explanation beneath the collages. These have all been created in our home and I can say without a doubt that anyone can accomplish these fun and simple projects. Get your hot glue gun out, I promise this is going to be fun for everyone! Santa's Magic Key- A fun and simple project, Santa's magic … [Read more...]
DIY drawer organizers
I know I've expressed my deep love for organization on here before. It's a real, legitimate love that makes my heart all sorts of happy. On the flip side, the opposite of organization, (would that be chaos?) is enough to make me crazy. I'm a straight lines person, everything in a place, in neat little rows. It's something I really have to work on, because we all know life can't be like that, all of the time. Or so I've been told. Multiple times. You can only imagine my level of frustration when I opened the drawer in my kitchen to find this disaster. Here's the thing, I've organized this drawer (and the one below), the random kitchen utensils and gadgets drawers. But, then they … [Read more...]
DIY toddler chore chart
I've been toying with the idea of a chore chart for BK for a few months. She's only three, but I have to give her credit, she's smart and completely capable of a little responsibility. Of course, the chore chart is actually another chore for me, it's not like I'm sending her off with a load of laundry to fold neatly and put away. Each and every day it's an exercise in patience for myself, it's letting go of control (that I cling to so tightly). BK's chore chart is a simple concept, just magnetic tiles with pictures. She moves her magnets down once the chore is complete. In hindsight, responsibility would be a better word to use, but the vinyl letters were already cut when I had … [Read more...]